North Denver News

By Kathryn White When the Mile High Fife and Drum Corps wrapped up its music performance the morning of Nov. 9, a full schedule of commemorative Veterans Day activities was just getting underway at The Gardens at St. Elizabeth retirement community. Event organizer Rick Wohlers (U.S. Navy) walked Denver North H.S. Army Junior ROTC cadets through a tabletop display that covered over 200 years of military history. Photo by Kathryn White... Read more...

By City Council Member Sarah Parady City Council Member Sarah Parady Hello, North Denver! I’m honored to serve you as one of your at-large members on City Council. Before entering elected office this year, I began my career at Colorado Legal Services, fighting to protect older Coloradans, young families and other vulnerable homeowners from foreclosure. I later cofounded a small public interest law firm focused on representing Denver... Read more...

By Kathryn White Bloom, a new interactive exhibit for newborns and toddlers, opened Oct. 16 at the Children’s Museum of Denver. The nature-inspired space features details designed to promote many types of learning and play: sensory, constructive, physical, social and imaginative.  “When we set out to design this experience, we took a hard look at the latest research on the different types of play and their role in the cognitive,... Read more...

By Jill Mullen Did you know that in 2022 Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) recorded 16.5 million visits to Denver parks? Fun fact: In North Denver, Berkeley Park, located at the corner of 46th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard, was the sixth-busiest regional park with 357,444 visits. So what Denver park was the busiest? You might be able to guess it’s Red Rocks Park, with 3,495,146 visits in 2022. Several years ago when I moved to Denver,... Read more...

By Allen Cowgill City Council has taken an interest in the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) budget for 2024. Due to the nature of Denver’s strong mayor system, the administration of Mayor Mike Johnston controls the majority of decisions on the budget, but Denver City Council has the opportunity to influence the budget during the fall budget process. A memorial sign where a fatal crash happened on Sheridan... Read more...

By Cassis Tingley Since City Council members Amanda Sandoval and Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez proposed the revival of Denver’s City-School committee in late August, the City Council and the board of Denver Public Schools have been at odds. Complete with “surprise” press conferences, lawyers and claims of “blindsides,” Sandoval’s and Gonzales-Gutierrez’s hopes to update the historic committee have turned into something of a saga.  “It’s... Read more...

By Jill Carstens I will never forget a particular moment when a friend offered to babysit my 3-year-old. She had older children, about ages 7 and 9. I came to pick him up later to find that he was glued to the television watching an extremely scary and violent movie with her children. My heart stopped and I blurted out, “This is too scary for him!” My friend thought I overreacted. I did not necessarily see an immediate or obvious... Read more...

By Basha Cohen Stephen Brackett doesn’t sleep.  As a founding member of the Flobots and Youth on Record, and as Colorado’s current music ambassador, Brackett has set his sights on reinventing the nighttime economy of Denver.  As part of Mayor Michael Johnston’s transition committee for arts and venues, Brackett is advocating for safer and sensible nighttime policies and a new “night mayor.” The role has met with great success in... Read more...

By Rebecca A. Hunt, Ph.D. Occasionally, writers get something wrong. In my October 2023 column I mistakenly gave credit for assisting Mother Cabrini to the wrong man. Instead of Michael Notary, it should have been Frank Damascio. And the house that I said belonged to Michael Notary was the Frank Damascio house, which was the home used by Mother Cabrini. I want to thank Father Blaine Burkey, the archivist for the Capuchin Brothers in North... Read more...

By Erika Taylor The holidays are a perfect time to focus on fitness. I know, it sounds like I’ve been into the egg nog early. Even just our regular lives can make self-care seem like a fantasy. Add our holiday list and 20 minutes to exercise feels as real as the “prancing and pawing of each little hoof” that precedes a magical chimney visit.   But self-care can stay on the list! Not just can, must. With planning and prioritizing, those... Read more...